Bismarck weekly tribune., 1887-02-04
BISMARCK WEEKLY TRIBUNE: FRIDAY FEBRUARY 4 1881
HOUSE.
SEVENTEENTH DAY.

M 3s, HOUSE.
SEVENTEENTH DAY. 855iS NJ
Met at O clock, the speaker presiding.
Opened with prayer by the chaplain.
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES.
The judiciary committee recommended
as follows: That house bills Nos, 8, S.
and 81 do not pass, and that house bill No
be amended, and as amended, do pass.
Mr.. DODDS moved that the report be
adopted, except so far as it relates to house
bill No. 9, and that the latter be made the
special order for 4 p. m. to-day. The mo-
ton was lost.
Reports were also received from the
committees on counties, on temperance
and on territorial affairs, which will be
found in the house journal elsewhere in
this issue. j "a
Mr.. SPRAGUE moved that the COM
mittee on railroads be requested to report
back Immediately, without recommends
ton, house bill No. 79.
Mr.. SPRAGUE said the bill, in his opin-
ion, was mischievous one, and if the
house could have it back for few minutes
it might make some disposition of it.
Mr.. AIKENS said, as the author of the
bill, he wished to deny emphatically that
the bill was a mischievous one, unless it
was mischievous to compel railroads to pay
taxes upon the same terms that other prop
erty owners paid. twas a bill which had
been before nearly every previous legisla-
ture, and had always been opposed by the
railway companies. He took exception to
the assertion of the gentleman from Steele
that the bill was mischievous one. He
was willing it should come before the
house at any time the house wanted it, and
when 1t was called for he was here to de-
fend it,. t..
Mr. DODDS moved that the motion of
Mr.. Sprague be laid on the table. Car
ried. -.
Mr.. ELLIOTT moved that committee,
Pruitt, be appointed committee to re-
serve suitable seats for ladies who visit the
house of representatives.
Mr.. SULLIVAN moved as substitute
that Messrs. Elliott and Moore constitute
the committee. Carried.
Mr.. MOORE said: II thank the gentle
men for the judicious selections they have
the thing up brown" Laughter and ap-
plause].
The motion as amended was then
adopted.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.
No. 98. By PATTEN, of Miner-To in
crease the powers of county commission
ers.
Fo. 80. By BIDLAKE-To amend Sec
ton 54 of chapter % of the political code,
entitled "Revenne."
No. 100. By Mr.. ROYER-To provide
for holding an annual territorial fair and
fat stock show.
No. 103. By Mr.. MILTIMORE-Co Com
missioners report of warrants to be made
and published in January and July.
No: 1922 By Mr.. WILLIAMS, Of Grant
A bill for an act to encourage voting.
No. 102. By Mr.. ADAMS-Providing for
a joint committee to visit territorial insui-
No. 1o4. BY Mr.. MILTIMoRE-For the
cancellation of county warrants.
No. 1O5. By Mr.. BURNHAM-Limitin
the compensation of certain county Off
GERS.
No. 1O6. by Mr.. PRUITT-To facilitate
making proof in actions brought to recover
money or on assessable stocks and notes.
Unanimous consent being given, Mr..
BlDLAKE presented a petition from the
Farmers Alliance of Cavalier county, relat-
ing to taxes and liquor license.
On motion of Mr.. SULLIVAN, the pc
tition was accepted and ordered printed in
the journal, and when printed referred to
the committee on ways and means.
COUNCIL BILLS.
No. Is. Read first time.
No. 13. Read second time and referred
to the committee on judiciary.
No. "a. Referred to the committee on
Judiciary.
THIRD READING OF HOUSE BILLS.
No. SIS. Reported from the committee on
ways and means favorably; provides fol-
issuing bonds to fund county indebted
ness.
Mr.. COOPER wanted to know if, under
the provisions of this bill, authority was
not granted to issue bonds in aid of rail
ways.
Mr.. ELLIOTT said the bill looked all
right on its face, but he should like to
know little more concerning it from
those who seek it's passage.
Mr.. ENSIGN, author of the bill, ex-
planned it's purpose to be to enable frontier
counties to take up the deprecated war
rants and substitute bonds at low rate of
interest, and thus appreciate their credit.
The discussion was further participated
in by Messrs. Shook, Fletcher, Mentzer
Aikens and Elliott
Mr.. SULLIVAN moved that the bill be
made the special order for 3 o'clock, Satur-
day next. Carried.
No. 40. Bounties for killing blackbirds
tavorably reported by the committee.
Mr.. WILLIAMS, of Burleigh, moved in
definite postponement.
Mr.. STEWART, Of Walsh, said that
while there might be nothing for black.
birds to destroy in the district Of the gentle.
man from Burleigh, the fact was not true
of his own district. They were, he said, a
greaJer calamity than hail, and means
should be taken for their destruction.
MI. WHITE opposed indefinite postpone.
ment.
MIR. AIKENS SAID he thought the intent
of the bill was all right, but that it should
have further consideration to cure its de-
fects, and would move that it be made the
special order for so clock Friday afternoon
Mr.. WILLIAMS withdrew his motion fol